Notes on school lunch programs : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on school lunch programs : US Code - Notes

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1751. Congressional declaration of policy.
1752. Authorization of appropriations; "Secretary" defined.
1753. Apportionments to States.
1754. Nutrition promotion.
(a) In general.
(b) Total amount for each fiscal year.
(c) Payments to States.
(d) Use of payments.
(e) Documentation.
(f) Reallocation.
(g) Authorization of appropriations.
1755. Direct expenditures for agricultural commodities and
other foods.
(a) Administrative expenses; nutritional education;
pilot projects; cash-in-lieu of commodities
study; refusal of commodities and receipt of
other commodities available to the State in
lieu of the refused commodities.
(b) Delivery of commodities.
(c) Level of commodity assistance; computation of
index; calculation of total assistance to each
State; emphasis on high protein foods; per
meal value of donated foods.
(d) Termination of commodity assistance based upon
school breakfast program.
(e) Minimum percentage of commodity assistance.
1756. Payments to States.
(a) State revenue matching requirements; special
provisions for lower than average income per
capita States.
(b) Disbursements; private schools.
(c) Certification of payments by Secretary.
(d) Combined Federal and State commodity purchases.
1757. State disbursement to schools.
(a) Disbursement by State educational agency.
(b) Permanent, amendable agreements.
(c) Suspension or termination of agreements.
(d) Use of funds.
(e) Limitation.
(f) Increase in meal reimbursement.
(g) In advance or as reimbursement.
1758. Program requirements.
(a) Nutritional requirements.
(b) Eligibility.
(c) Operation on nonprofit basis; donation of
agricultural commodities.
(d) Social Security numbers and other documentation
required as condition of eligibility.
(e) Limitation on meal contracting.
(f) Adherence to Dietary Guidelines.
(g) Justification of production records; paperwork
reduction.
(h) Food safety.
(i) Single permanent agreement between State agency
and school food authority; common claims form.
(j) Purchases of locally produced foods.
1759. Direct disbursement to schools by Secretary.
1759a. Special assistance funds.
(a) Formula for computation of payments;
computation for lunches to eligible children
in schools funding service to ineligible
children from non-Federal sources; special
assistance factors; annual adjustments.
(b) Financing cost of free and reduced price
lunches on basis of need of school for special
assistance; maximum per lunch amount.
(c) Payments to States.
(d) Report of school to State educational agency,
contents; report of State educational agency
to Secretary, contents.
(e) Eligibility of commodity only schools for
special assistance payments; free and reduced
price meals; discrimination and identification
prohibited.
(f) Information and assistance concerning
reimbursement options.
1760. Miscellaneous provisions.
(a) Accounts and records.
(b) Agreements with State educational agencies.
(c) Requirements with respect to teaching
personnel, curriculum, instruction, etc.
(d) Definitions.
(e) Value of assistance as income or resources
under Federal or State laws.
(f) Adjustment of national average payment rate for
Alaska, Hawaii, territories and possessions,
etc.
(g) Criminal penalties.
(h) Combined allocation for breakfast and lunch.
(i) Use of school lunch facilities for elderly
programs.
(j) Reimbursement for final claims.
(k) Expedited rulemaking.
(l) Waiver of statutory and regulatory
requirements.
(m) rocurement training.
(n) Buy American.
(o) Procurement contracts.
1761. Summer food service programs for children in service
institutions.
(a) Assistance to States; definitions; eligible
service institutions; priorities in
participation; limitations on reimbursement;
nonprofit organizations; rural areas.
(b) Service institutions.
(c) Payments for meals served during May through
September; exceptions for continuous school
calendars or non-school sites; National Youth
Sports Program.
(d) Advance program payments to States for monthly
meal service; letters of credit, forwarding to
States; determination of amount; valid claims,
receipt.
(e) Advance program payments to service
institutions for monthly meal service;
certification of personnel training sessions;
minimum days per month operations requirement;
payments: computation, limitation; valid
claims, receipt; withholding; demand for
repayment; subtraction of disputed payments.
(f) Nutritional standards.
(g) Regulations, guidelines, applications, and
handbooks; publication; startup costs.
(h) Direct disbursement to service institutions by
Secretary.
(i) Repealed.
(j) Administrative expenses of Secretary;
authorization of appropriations.
(k) Administrative costs of State; payment;
adjustment; standards and effective dates,
establishment; funds: withholding, inspection.
(l) Food service management companies;
subcontracts; assignments, conditions and
limitations; meal capacity information in bids
subject to review; registration; record,
availability to States; small and
minority-owned businesses for supplies and
services; contracts: standard form, bid and
contract procedures, bonding requirements and
exemption, review by States, collusive bidding
safeguards.
(m) Accounts and records.
(n) Management and administration plan;
notification and submittal to Secretary;
specific provisions.
(o) Violations and penalties.
(p) Monitoring of participating private nonprofit
organizations.
(q) Authorization of appropriations.
1762. Repealed.
1762a. Commodity distribution program.
(a) Use of funds for purchase of agricultural
commodities and products for donation.
(b) Nutrition quality and content information.
(c) Authorization of appropriations for purchase of
products or for cash payments in lieu of
donations.
(d) Assistance procedures; cost and benefits,
review; technical assistance; report to
Congress; food quality standards contracting
procedures.
(e) Consultation with school representatives.
(f) Commodity only schools.
(g) Extension of alternative means of assistance.
(h) Notice of irradiated food products.
1763, 1764. Repealed.
1765. Election to receive cash payments.
1766. Child and adult care food program.
(a) Grant authority and institution eligibility.
(b) Limitations on cash assistance.
(c) Formula for computation of payments; national
average payment rate.
(d) Institution approval and applications.
(e) Hearing.
(f) State disbursements to institutions.
(g) Meals served by participating institutions;
compliance assistance.
(h) Donation of agricultural commodities by
Secretary; measurement of value; annual
readjustment of assistance; cash in lieu of
commodities; Department of Defense child care
feeding program.
(i) Audits.
(j) Agreements.
(k) Training and technical assistance.
(l) Non-diminishment of State and local funds.
(m) Accounts and records.
(n) Authorization of appropriations.
(o) Participation of older persons and chronically
impaired disabled persons.
(p) Rural area eligibility determination for day
care homes.
(q) Management support.
(r) Program for at-risk school children.
(s) Information concerning the special supplemental
nutrition program for women, infants, and
children.
(t) Participation by emergency shelters.
1766a. Meal supplements for children in afterschool care.
(a) General authority.
(b) Eligible children.
(c) Reimbursement.
(d) Contents of supplements.
1766b to 1768. Repealed.
1769. Pilot projects.
(a) Pilot projects for administration of child
nutrition programs by contract or direct
disbursement.
(b) Extension of eligibility of certain school
districts to receive cash or commodity letters
of credit assistance for school lunch
programs.
(c) Alternative counting and claiming procedures.
(d) Fortified fluid milk.
(e) Breakfast pilot projects.
(f) Simplified summer food programs.
(g) Fresh fruit and vegetable program.
(h) Summer food service residential camp
eligibility.
(i) Access to local foods and school gardens.
(j) Year-round services for eligible entities.
(k) Free lunch and breakfast eligibility.
1769a. Repealed.
1769b. Department of Defense overseas dependents' schools.
(a) Purpose of program; availability of payments
and commodities.
(b) Administration of program; eligibility
determinations and regulations.
(c) Nutritional standards for meals; noncompliance
with standards.
(d) Authorization of appropriations.
(e) Technical assistance for administration of
program.
1769b-1. Training, technical assistance, and food service
management institute.
(a) General authority.
(b) Minimum requirements.
(c) Duties of food service management institute.
(d) Coordination.
(e) Authorization of appropriations.
(f) Administrative training and technical
assistance material.
(g) Federal administrative support.
1769c. Compliance and accountability.
(a) Unified accountability system.
(b) Functions of system.
(c) Role of Secretary.
(d) Authorization of appropriations.
1769d, 1769e. Repealed.
1769f. Duties of Secretary relating to nonprocurement
debarment.
(a) Purposes.
(b) Definitions.
(c) Assistance to identify and prevent fraud and
anticompetitive activities.
(d) Nonprocurement debarment.
(e) Mandatory debarment.
(f) Exhaustion of administrative remedies.
(g) Information relating to prevention and control
of anticompetitive activities.
1769g. Information clearinghouse.
(a) In general.
(b) Nongovernmental organization.
(c) Audits.
(d) Funding.
1769h. Accommodation of the special dietary needs of
individuals with disabilities.
(a) Definitions.
(b) Activities.
(c) Authorization of appropriations.
1769i. Program evaluation.
(a) Performance assessments.
(b) Certification improvements.